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 | | 11. Heat (Blu-Ray) new! | | | Starring: Robert De Niro Al Pacino Director: Michael Mann | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 11/10/2009 |  | Heat - Blu-Ray DVD Review By: David R Perry - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 11/11/2009 7:51 AM | | Much was made of the mythic pairing of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Heat. To the point where you wondered if people paid as much attention to the film itself as to fulfilling some fanboy wish for the ultimate action movie cast. But it's almost that too; it's both a good film and an acting tour de force. And it's also a key catalog release that is now finally available in high definition. Heat is the story of two career businessmen. One just happens to be a cop, while the other is an expert criminal. But they are both in a similar emotional state. Both are married to their jobs, both have difficulty sacrificing that to build meaningful relationships, and despite the fact that they would both like to change those aspects of their lives, they feel incapable of doing so. read the full review | |
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 | | 13. Heat | | | Starring: Robert De Niro Val Kilmer Director: Michael Mann | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/4/2007 | | Heat - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 10/30/2009 11:42 PM | |
I hate to condone the making of 3-hour long movies, but Heat is one in which you're not going to fall asleep. Comparisons to Casino are going to be inevitable, with both hitting the 180-minute mark and starring Robert De Niro as a crook, but unlike that film, Heat manages to keep the interest level high throughout the whole picture. Heat is the instantly gripping tale of a large-scale heist leader and die-hard loner named Neil McCauley (De Niro). As the film opens, he and his team of brutal, precision thieves (including Val Kilmer and Tom Sizemore) knock over (literally) an armored car for a stash of bearer bonds. On the case is Detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino), a troubled, angst-ridden veteran of the LAPD. read the full review | |
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 | | 15. Casino | | | Starring: Joe Pesci Robert De Niro Director: Martin Scorsese | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/22/2007 | | Casino - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 10/18/2008 8:15 PM | |
The way I see it, Martin Scorsese has one problem: He's in love with the sound of his own voice, as it comes out through the dialogue of films like GoodFellas and now, Casino. Clocking in at three long hours, Casino is an entertaining and engrossing film, but just drags a simple story into a sprawling, epic tale that desperately needs a little trimming.
Based on a true story, Casino is the tale of Sam Rothstein (Robert De Niro), the best of the old bookmakers, who is hand-picked by his mob bosses "Back Home" to go to Las Vegas to run the Tangiers Casino. read the full review | |
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 | | 16. Angel Heart (Special Edition) | | | Starring: Robert De Niro Mickey Rourke Director: Alan Parker | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/6/2007 | User Rating: 4 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Angel Heart - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 11/13/2009 6:42 PM | |
A decade before Hollywood got obsessed with urban volcanoes, asteroid impacts, and Steve Prefontaine -- offering us multiple movies about each topic -- the Big Bastardized Theme of the year was an inexplicable one: Voodoo. In 1987-88, three major voodoo-themed movies came out, including Angel Heart, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and The Believers. Each was tackled by a major director, and none of them made a huge splash critically or commercially. In fact, they all made pretty much the same amount at the box office -- slightly under $20 million. read the full review | |
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 | | 29. Score | | | Starring: Robert De Niro Edward Norton Director: Frank Oz | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/4/2005 | User Rating: 5 | | The Score - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 9/4/2009 5:42 PM | |
The Score is the heist film I've wanted to see for a long time. Not since James Caan burned that safe open in 1981's Thief has a safecracking been so tense and meticulously designed. And with the triple threat of Ed Norton, Robert De Niro, and -- God bless him -- Marlon Brando, The Score is in some excellent hands. The story is a familiar one. De Niro plays the likable Nick Wells, an expert safecracker who has clearly done well living a life of crime. read the full review | |
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 | | 30. Ronin | | | Starring: Jean Reno Robert De Niro Director: John Frankenheimer | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/22/2007 | User Rating: 4.5 | | Ronin - DVD Review By: James Brundage - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/13/2009 5:25 PM | |
Ronin is one of the few action movies that I can chew on without having to regurgitate. Normally, the action film fills me with a sort of dread. In fact, per my recollection, Ronin filled me with a sort of dread the first time around (despite Robert De Niro being in the film). You see, the action film is a sort of black hole for the industry. Money gets sucked into the film but it passes a sort of event horizon, at which point no matter how much money is poured in, the movie is still terrible. Sure, it is so absolutely dumb that you can sit back and enjoy it anyway, but the fact of the matter is that by the time the action movie has passed this point of no return you know you are watching trash. read the full review | |
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